January, 1914. 



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American ^ae Journal 



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is caused by overeating of foods strong 

 in protein, particularly the animal pro- 

 teins, meat and eggs, and by not drink- 

 ing water enough. 



It is the waste from protein in the 

 blood, also from tea and coffee, which 

 waste settles in joints or muscles, that 

 causes rheumatism It is unburned 

 cinders, so to speak, not washed out, 

 which make the trouble. The writer 

 lias brought on this ill purposely by 

 eating too much protein, and then 

 changed and cured it. He can do it 

 again any time. While two pounds of 

 honey a week may be more than one 

 should eat, we do not see how it could 

 by any possibility cause rheumatism. 



We advise ot\r friend to be satisfied 

 with one pound a week, however, and 

 be sure it is diluted, not eaten clear. 

 Use it in the place of sugar. One of 

 our folks says he craves a glass of lem- 

 onade every night, almost, before 

 going to bed, but it does not fill the 

 bill if sugar is left out. Well, sweeten 

 it with honey. Honey does not have 

 to be digested like sugar. It is ready 

 to be at once absorbed into the circu- 

 lation. If you like sugar in your wheat 

 "coffee," you can use honey instead. 

 And use it on rolled oats, or other 

 food in place of sugar, if you want to 

 do your very best. And kindly remem- 

 ber that Terry has no honey to sell. He 

 is merely advising you to do as he 

 does, which is the best he knows or 

 can learn how. He has just ordered 

 five gallons of extracted honey for 

 Robert and himself. — T. B. Terry, in 

 rractical Farmer. 



my name stamped on every section I 

 sell. At one time I kept chickens, but 

 I sold out; I prefer to keep bees alto- 

 gether. (Mrs.) G. B. Mays. 

 Salem. 111. 



Honey Flow Excellent 



I have been keeping bees for the 

 past six years, and I never saw such a 

 honey flow as we had this year. I was 

 short on supers this summer. I have 

 81 colonies and 12.j supers, and I am 

 ordering 50 more for next year. 



I am the only one to look after the 



Mrs, G, B. Mays, in Her Apiary. 



bees. My husband is an express mes- 

 senger, and I am alone and have my 

 little bees for company. I enjoy them 

 very much, and they furnish this town 

 with honev. 1 handle fancv comb with 



The Wheelbarrow 



Some kind of a wheeled vehicle is 

 convenient about an apiary to save 

 the labor of so much lifting when any- 

 thing is to be carried from one point 

 to another. One with four wheels 

 really saves all the lifting, requiring 

 only to be drawn. On a level surface 

 this is best. Where the surface is very 

 uneven the single wheel has its advan- 

 tages. Unfortunately — in some re- 

 spects fortunately — we live on a hill. 



very solidly, and when done it had the 

 appearance shown in the picture. 



For the purposes for which we use 

 it, it is hard to conceive of anything 

 better. It is light and strong. Eight 

 section-supers of honey can be carried 

 upon it, and a dozen or more empty 

 supers. With a light platform and back 

 upon it, it will carry ,')() empty shipping- 

 cases. For a heavy colony of bees it 

 is just the thing. Every now and then, 

 when Dr. Miller seizes that wheelbar- 

 row, or looks upon it, he exclaims, 

 " Blessed be Allen Latham." 



Keyhole Colds 



Do you know what causes a very 

 large percent of the colds. One part 



Beekeeper's Wheelbarrow. Reconstucted fro.m a Common Contractor's 



■Wheelbarrow. 



with the ground very uneven. So we of the body gets colder than the other, 



have used a wheelbarrow, or rather a and it need only be an insignificant part 



succession of wheelbarrows. at that. If yoii do not quite believe 



Whether because it was cheaper— this, and are willing to make yourself 



costing $1.50 or so— or because it the victim of an experiment, wet a por- 



seemed very convenient to get that tion of your wrist and hold it over a 



kind, we have always used a common keyhole through which a draft is com- 



contractor's wheelbarrow, the kind ing. 



that comes with a wooden tray. Of Watch out then for keyhole colds 



course, the tray was not a convenient for they infringe just as much upon 



thing upon which to carry hives and the beauty of their owners as any other 



supers, so It was taken piif. That left ,57 or more varieties The eves get red 



uprights only a few inches high upon anj puffy_ the skin blotchy, and the 



which pieces had to be fastened to in- nosg red and swollen. A continual 



crease their height, making an attair round of colds will even permanently 



none too substantial. A worse fault thicken the nostrils, 



was that the trav was the chief thing iir-.u . ^ l r 



that gave stability and stiffness to thi With such a prospect before you, you 



barrow, and when that was removed, "1."^'. =>' the first symptom of a cold, 



and the barrow became very dry in the ^l^ yourself to your boudoir and turn 



hot weather, it was a very 'rickety " ?\ °"" '"'° \ ''^^''"y P"'?''' To 



affair, soon giving out and requiring a ^""^ken the blood circulation in your 



new one, so that after all it was not f^", massage it with he spermaceti 



very econmical massage cream, and with a bowl of hot 



This summer' we had one of these water and two Turkish wash cloths at 



wheelbarrows in the last stage of de- ,^^"?' P"S'f ° 'iompresses on your eyes 



crepitude. Along came Allen Latham, fo-" '3. °/ ^'^ minutes. This will allay 



and after looking at it somewhat criti- any inflammation. The nose also must 



callyheasked,"Do vouthinkitissafe ^^"^ ^ '"^e share of attention. To 



to trust a load of honey to a thing like ^llay the swelling and inflammation, 



that :-"' Then, after asking permission, bathe it at night with balm of honey, 



he began to do things to that wheel- balm of honey. 

 barrow. He ruthlesslv tore it asunder, 



reducing it to its primitive elements, P^J^fifiJ^^^'.'r'i'.L- 2 ounces 



., ,. -^^ 1 1 J -f -^ Kectined SDirits 54 ounce 



so that it looked as if it nevermore Glycerin M 



would be a wheelbarrow. Then here- Citric acid pure) i>4 drams 



assembled its parts, perhaps adding to Essence of ambercris 6 drops 



them; at least he added two very sub- Mix the honey and glycerin byheat- 



stantial uprights, fastening all together ing very slightly, and while the mixture 



